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Ishtar: Media

Mesopotamian goddess

Images

Ishtar with a lion and characteristic weapons behind her wings from a cylinder seal impression
Courtesy of the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures of The University of Chicago
An Assyrian governor standing before the deities Adad (centre) and Ishtar (left),...
Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd.
Cylinder seal depicting Ishtar on a platform within a canopied enclosure with two winged genies and a kneeling worshipping figure
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; Gift of Martin and Sarah Cherkasky, 1989 (accession no. 1989.361.1); www.metmuseum.org